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DAVID HWHIT'rEMoR-E, or WORCESTER, MAssAoHU'sEr'rsf Letters Patent No.93,574, dated August 2), 1869.l

IMPROVE!) APPLE-FABER AD SLCER I The Schedule referred to 4vin theseLetten Patent` and making -part of the same.

To allwhom lit may concer-a Be it; known that I, DAVID H. WHITTEMORE, ofVorcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful 1mprovemen'ts in Apple-Paling Machinesand Iv do here.- by declare the following to be a full, clear, andexaotdescription of the same, due reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved apple-parerA and slicer;

by the er K.

L is the crank-wheel, giving motion to both the screw and fork-shafts.

The carriage is made to both slide and turn freely on the rod G, andhas'a projecting arm, I, the end of which lits between the threads ofthe screw'H.

lhe holder H is pivoted at one end'to the carriage F, and the other isso formed as to hook over. the screw H, and rest on it, holding the armI into the, screw.

At i isa stud, againstwhich a projection, J, on vthe screw hitsto throwoli' the'holder.

The paring-knife D is hung on pivots, at the bottom of its stem, and hasa-spring, to press it against the apple, and a sind at o, resting ontire edge aoi' frame A, to guide the knife D clear of the forli, whennot paring, the spring 4m allowing` the knife 1) to conform tothesin-tace ofthe ap'plc,'whilst holding it to its work. l

The fork C is set at an angle with the slide G, as

J is a projection on the screw, to release the l\old' shown in fig. 3,giving a taper to the'core left by the' The frame being placed on theedge of a'tab1e,a

turn or twv of the screw B will hold itfirmly.

The apple. or objectto be paired is placed on the fork 0, and thecarriage F turned to place, as in fig.' 2. The holderK falls over thescrew H, and motion being given to the crank, the Icarriagel is drawnalong, bringing the knives to .the apple, and if it is desired at anytime to release the carriage, a slight backward motion of the screwraises -the holder, and

letsi the carriage fall'to the position shown in tig. 2, in dottedlines, or when the apple isufinished the projection J hits the stud t ontheholder, and t lrows it off..l

The advantages of this machine over-those patented by lne in 1857, forthe same purpose, on which this is an improvement, are manifest; thefacility of paring small apples, without usingl the whole length ofslide, the greater security afain'st getting out of order, in having theframe of sid metal, and others, making it a more convenient andeffective parer and slieer; and when the slicing-imite is removed, forsimply paring the apple, the slide can be more readily disengaged, assoon as the paring is `done. l l

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. The colvnbination of the carriage with its holder' l and the screw,operating substantially as above set forth.

2. The combination of the projection J on the screw with the holder Kand its stud i, substantially as described. V

3. The arrangement and combination of the hohling-device, consisting ofythelfork and its shaft, with the parini,r and slicing-device,consisting of the carriage, knives, holder, and slide-rod, thescrew-shaft or driving'- apparatus, and the solid frame, whencon-'fstrncted and operating in the mannerand for the purposes above set forthand described. l

v D. H. XVHITTEMORE.

Witnesses:

F. (J. THAYER, JAMES G.' ARNOLD.

